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A TRAUMATISED Ukrainian soldier told yesterday how cruise missiles thundered into his barracks in a dawn massacre mark a terrifying escalation to the war.

Visibly shaking, the squaddie said he cheated death by racing into nearby wood seconds before the 4 projectiles slammed into his quarters.

An injured serviceman gets medical assistance following an attack on the Yavoriv military base — An injured serviceman gets medical assistance following an set on on the Yavoriv military base Credit: Reuters

Barracks in Yavoriv burn after being hit by a Russian missile strike in the early hours of Sunday morning — Barracks in Yavoriv burn after being hitting past a Russian missile strike in the early hours of Dominicus morn Credit: Chris Eades

Others in his unit failed to escape and were feared amid the 35 killed in 1 of the worst attacks of the conflict so far — and just 11 miles from Nato territory.

Information technology came after fears were raised of the Due west being dragged into an all-out state of war when Russian federation said convoys of western military equipment beingness shipped to Ukraine were "legitimate targets".

But hope emerged concluding night as Ukraine and Russia said they were confident of progress at planned peace talks.

The soldier who escaped spoke to The Sun close to the base at Yavoriv.

He said: "Four missiles hit our billet. We were able to go out as ours was not the outset to be hit.

"Nosotros heard the other missiles and evacuated. About all those in our place got out but non everyone and the missiles came down on where we'd been staying. Ten plus people I know are missing."

Some other Ukrainian soldier said the missiles came from the direction of Russian federation'due south ally, Belarus, to the North from where other attacks have come up.

He said: "The missiles striking the barracks and everyone took cover in woods. They came from the management of Republic of belarus. There have been explosions and many ambulances arriving."

Lviv governor Maksym Kozytskyi confirmed 35 people had died and 134 had been injured.

He said the toll would have been far higher had non Ukraine'due south missile defence organisation "shot down" most of the 30-plus missiles fired.

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The attacked military site covers 151-foursquare miles and accommodates up to ane,790 people. It is home to the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security where local forces train aslope Nato troops.

Foreign legion recruits are also trained in that location. None were among the casualties. Security was beingness ramped upward yesterday and The Sun saw soldiers set up machine-gun positions outside the perimeter every bit a stream of ambulances arrived.

Around 20 buses full of foreign recruits went the other manner, leaving for the front end.

A former British soldier who had been at the camp on Sat said around 500 foreign fighters were based there, including effectually 100 Brits. Others were from France, America, Switzerland and Sweden.

The assail — which came as several Ukraine cities faced standing bombardment — shocked locals in nearby Yavoriv close to the Polish border. Married dad Vitaliy, 36, who runs a car-wash firm, said: "Everyone here knows someone connected to the base. It is devastating for all of us.

"I live 9km abroad and I heard a huge bang. It rattled my windows. I looked out and could see a massive fire in the distance.

"My son is only 4 and he was terrified and I had to reassure him. Nowhere in Ukraine is safe. Everywhere is a target for Russia. I cannot believe we're beingness invaded like this in 2022. Information technology is insane."

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'It IS INSANE'

Russian troops again targeted the airport in the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk — less than 100 miles from Nato member Romania. The airport was also striking on Fri.

In Lviv, merely 32 miles from the attacked ground forces base, shops were boarded up and air raid sirens sounded day and nighttime.

Thirty-2 were injured when Russian troops blasted a monastery in Donetsk where monks, children and refugees were sheltering.

An airstrike hit a railroad train evacuating people from the city, killing one person and injuring some other.

In boxing-ravaged Chernihiv in the north, i local was killed as Putin'southward troops continued their daily battery of residential areas.

Fighting continued around Kyiv as Russian forces pressed on with their bid to encircle the capital.

Master regional ambassador Oleksiy Kuleba said Russian forces were trying to impose the "siege and starve" tactics used in other cities. But he vowed: "We're getting gear up to defend Kyiv, and we're prepared to fight for ourselves."

In Irpin, 12 miles outside of Kyiv, bodies littered the street. 9 people died in an air strike on the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv.

Around 200,000 residents of the besieged city of Mauripol connected to struggle without h2o and power after a 12-day siege. The Red Cross said desperate residents were facing a "worst case scenario".

'IMMENSE SUFFERING'

It added: "The man suffering is only immense."

The mayor said the situation was now "disquisitional". At least two,187 people have died under non-end shelling, officials said terminal night. 50 thousands children face freezing to death and starvation.

Pope Francis called it a "martyr city". He said of the state of war: "Permit the cry of the suffering people be heard, and let the bombings and attacks stop. In the name of God, I ask you lot, stop this massacre."

A convoy escorted by Orthodox priests got within 50 miles of the metropolis on Sunday. It was conveying 100 tonnes of aid merely was reportedly unable to become through.

In the southern city of Dniprorudne, a 2nd mayor was kidnapped. The abduction of Yevhen Matveyev came after a video emerged showing Ivan Fedorov, mayor of Melitopol, existence led away.

Street protests continued in the occupied city of Kherson with locals waving Ukrainian flags and property signs maxim: "Kherson is Ukraine."

Peace talks failed once more over the weekend and America responded to the armed forces base of operations outage by reminding Moscow that an attack on one Nato member is an assault on all.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.s.a. would "piece of work with our allies to defend every inch of Nato territory".

In his daily video accost, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said: "Russian invaders cannot conquer u.s.a.. They don't have that kind of strength, they don't have that kind of spirit."

Last night a glimmer of hope emerged when Ukrainian and Russian negotiators said they thought progress could be fabricated at talks.

Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said: "We volition not concede in principle on any positions. Russia now understands this. Russia is already beginning to talk constructively."

Russian delegate Leonid Slutsky said "substantial progress" had been made and there was now promise of achieving a "joint position".